X-Banned_Bob
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Dec 13, 2003, 11:24 PM
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:: 3.x takes away the most important feature
:: of the machine: MPEG2 editing! And
: I don't miss mpeg eiditing. Hard drive space is cheap
: Gordo
I agree, Gordo, that HD space is cheap, but what good does it do to be able to buy a 160GB HD when the Avio doesn't recognize over 20 GB of it?
Oh yeah ... you can spend the $100 on the BigHD software which brings that up to a whopping total of 80 GB capacity.
OK, so I've spent $100 on BigHD and $500 more on Pro software (over the cost of the machine) ... and another $100 on the 160GB drive ... $700 (more than Avid Xpress DV costs) ... and Avio recognizes only enough hard drive for just over 34 minutes of DV video per project (counting 10 projects in A-Pro). At least with MPEG2, I can still get over 100 minutes of better-than-DVD quality video in each project using Q4.
Oh, but for another $300 you say, I can get 3.x and then get ALL of my HD space recognized -- WOW -- let's see ... that's nearly 70 minutes of video per project. That's $1000 above the cost of the Avio, and I'm still getting 30% less DVD-quality video than with 1.x ---
Sorry, but it just doesn't make any sense. And exactly NONE of these options give a decent amount of storage space to be able to put together 10 weddings or 10 of almost any other event that needs to be edited down to a 90-120 minute final tape.
You've got to cut out dumping the money into the pit somewhere ... I think a good place is to stop when they charge ridiculously high prices to take away features.
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